Cool Mac OS X Leopard Tricks!

Ever wonder how to do certain things on a Mac that you can do on a PC, but since you switched over, couldn't do? Or have you ever wondered how to stop certain annoying things on your mac?

In this instructable, I'm going to explain how to do some cool tricks.

This is my first instructable, so please, if you notice anything that can be improved, please tell me.

Step 1 How to add the file path to the top of the finder window.

Copy this into Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES
killall Finder

Hit return.

Comments

[epicnoobpwn]

Meh

[fabriciorauen]

thanks dud, very usefoul tricks 

[lemonie]

Yes, stopping the dock bouncing was one of the first things I did with OS-X, like getting rid of that paperclip in MS Office... L

[gmjhowe]

I find it useful for occasional programs to notify me. Most my programs only bounce a couple of times before the program loads.

I recommend both candy bar (great for making a custom dock) but more so tinkertool, which offers alot of tricks like these under a nice GUI.

[lemonie]

It's a while since I used a Mac, but I remember thinking "this is so much better than OS-9 (with the screen-burn)" but also "it's a bit Fisher-Price".

L

[gmjhowe]

Well truth is, is does look a bit fancy, but then all the main OS's do today, it was way out there at the time, but it has evolved into a very sophisticated design, thats based around how things work just as much as fancy looks.